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I don't know what you mean by "not too pricey". The best purebreds do tend to cost a lot more than rescues - like times 3.

Gentle with long hair, any size. Sigh. Golden retriever or cocker spaniel - but as far as I know gentle depends on how the dog was brought up. So if you get a puppy and do right by it, you should be able to get gentle most times with any dog.

Not sure how a long coat would go with the other dogs you have. It might be you have one hot dog when the others feel fine and one warm dog when the others are freezing. Also do you understand how much fluff is involved with a dog like a golden retriever?

Most long haired dogs I know get clipped on a regular basis to keep them cool and get rid of grass seeds.

There's also schnauzers, airdales, poodles, bedlington terriers, and the hounds borzoi and saluki (very pretty) and if you like bonkers - the setters, red, irish, english etc. And there are some long haired german shepherd like dogs.